Long version Testing oxiclean to clean wooden deck boards
I needed to clean my deck and spent a lot of time looking for the best solution, but every "name brand" cleaner had bad reviews and many reasons why it was bad to use. I spent hours looking and researching and discovered Sodium Percarbonate may be the best tool for the job.

Not only is Sodium Percarbonate a very inexpensive way to clean wooden boards on a deck, Sodium Percarbonate seems to not be bad for the environment (plants, flowers, birds, wildlife) and is not as damaging to the wood itself as some cleaner on the market

I am not selling Sodium Percarbonate or Oxyclean, on the contrary I suggest you try to obtain a generic version of it. I was going to do that, but we had some unusual February warm weather and I wanted to try this out now, so I broke down and bought the name brand Oxiclean.

Some of those "name brand" deck cleaners can cost $10.00.. $20.00... $30.00 for just one gallon and some are down right scary when you start looking at the ingredients. I will not name names but it is worth looking at the labels and deciding for yourself what you think is best to be spraying and dumping around your living area.

I think 5 bucks for 2 gallons of deck cleaner is a bargain.

I had no idea that HOUSEHOLD CHLORINE BLEACH (sodium hypochlorite) was so toxic. I did not even know that these a was something called "oxygen bleach" or that is was different than CB.

So I kept looking and learning and trying to find where to buy this Sodium Percarbonate and it turns out this is the stuff Billy Mays Hayes was yelling about so often before he passed away.

I never paid attention to Mr Hayes, I never pay much attention to SUPER HYPE!! ads that yell too much like his.

But ... it turns out this Sodium Percarbonate is pretty good cleaning stuff.... and not to go all conspiracy Theory... but for some reason it is not easy to buy in generic form. The big box hardware store guys gave me blank looks and suggested I just buy one of the "name brand" deck cleaners aka go with the flow hail corporate.

I kept looking and learning.

There are not a lot of videos like the one I am posting.... and there are not many (not any locally for me) stores to walk in and buy a box or bag generic Sodium Percarbonate.

You can find it online, on ebay and some other websites.... but I just broke down and bought a 1.77 pound box of good ole Billy Mays Hayes brand for 45 bucks

Oxyclean has some other stuff in it besides Sodium Percarbonate, but it seems fine... I guess.

So anyway.... I needed to do a test and see what it would do to my deck boards.

That is what this video is all about.

This is a video I wanted to find when I was looking. I just wanted a simple answer HOW DO I CLEAN MY WOODEN DECK AND WHERE DO I BUY THE STUFF?

So here it is. I made this long version... then I edited it down to a short version.... and then wondered why do we need a long version?

The long version is for my fans who know I bury all sorts of knowledge nuggets as I tend to talk a little too much. I cut A LOT of my footage and talk out before ending with an edited video. If I left something in that makes it long, I think it is worth hearing.

But I understand some folks want me to SHUT UP and get to the point even if it means cutting out some other info... so that is the SHORT VERSION.

See the Short Version Video here    • wood deck cleaning SHORT VERSION Test...